Chapter 157: The Rock
Hundreds of cavalry came first, and one by one they beat their horses like flying like demons chasing after them, and fled from a distance towards the Xishan military chariot array. Looking at the appearance of the fleeing cavalry, the soldiers of the Xishan Army in the car formation turned pale one by one, if there was no formation, they were rushed by these cavalry, I am afraid that these people on their side could only join the ranks of the rout.
"Fifty steps ahead and an arrow!" Chen Yue ordered coldly. Looking at the appearance of some defeated soldiers ignoring it, they really dared to impact their own array like this.
The crossbowman pulled the trigger, and hundreds of feathered arrows flew out and stuck not far in front of the rout, forming a loose line.
Looking at the arrows falling not far ahead, Tang Tong was shocked, looked up at the strict queue of the Xishan army not far ahead, hurriedly pulled the reins, and fled with the chariot formation. In front of the arrows, the rout soldiers automatically pulled their horses, changed the direction of the rout, and fled along both sides of the chariot formation.
After escaping far away to the car formation, Tang Tong grabbed his war horse and looked back at the rock-like Xishan Army array behind him, with a complicated look on his face.
"Do you think they can hold off the Tartar cavalry?" Bai Guangen didn't know when he also escaped back, and rode his horse to Tang Tong's side.
"Looking at the posture, it should be able to block for a while, but we can't run anymore, and if we run again, we must run out of people in our hands." Tang Tong sighed. The two shook their heads and rode their horses to gather their respective cavalry. The infantry can be consumed at will, and these cavalry under his command are all personal soldiers who have been trained with great difficulty, and it will be extremely distressing to consume one. Fortunately, there was no hard top with the Manchu cavalry, and in addition to the timely escape, the loss of his own soldiers was not large, and after they collected and counted, they lost only twenty or thirty horses. This made Tang Tong and Bai Guangen feel at ease.
The pro-soldiers did not consume much, but the ordinary infantry under their command were miserable, after all, two legs could not run on four legs, and one by one they were left behind, and few could escape back with them. However, if there was no infantry to cover them, their cavalry would not have been able to escape here safely, and they would have been overtaken by the Mantar cavalry.
Tang Tong and Bai Guangen rode their horses to a hillside high ground, and tried their best to look to the west side, and saw that the infantry on the mountain road were fleeing in confusion, and the wolf-like Tartar cavalry happened to chase after them and slash them. One chased and one fled, and gradually approached the Xishan Army array.
Although in the eyes of Tang Tong and Bai Guangen, the border army generals, the infantry are consumables, but after all, they are subordinates who get along day and night, and they are quite unpleasant to look at being slashed and killed by the Mantars.
"If you don't run away, fight with them." Bai Guangen hesitated.
"Let's see if Chen Yue can withstand it, if he can withstand it, let's kill from both wings and kill the full Tartar by surprise!" Tang Tong thought for a moment and said.
Bai Guangen and Tang Tong's more than 2,000 cavalry escaped, and after a while, they saw countless Ming infantry crying and fleeing in embarrassment, one by one losing their armor and breaking the army, in order to escape faster, almost all the soldiers lost their weapons and ran like this. There was a soldier who accidentally fell, and before he could get up, countless feet stepped on him, and in the blink of an eye, there was no sound. After the rout, thousands of Manchu Tartar cavalry chased for a long time, slashing arrows and arrows, as if they were hunting, and no Ming soldiers dared to turn back, just running desperately, just hoping to escape, well, at least faster than their companions.
Seeing the array of the Xishan Army in front, these defeated soldiers ran towards the array crying and shouting as if they had seen their father's mother, hoping to hide behind their allies and escape the pursuit of the terrible Mantar cavalry. As for whether it will disrupt the friendly array, no one cares.
"Chirp" several crossbow arrows were fired, pinning the few routers who had fled to the front to the ground, and someone in the friendly array could be heard shouting from a distance. Some of the clever deserters guessed what their allies were shouting, and changed the direction of their flight, fleeing towards the flank of the array. And some of the routs fled with their heads covered, or ran forward regardless of it, and when another group of people were shot, all the routs knew where to flee, and fled towards the two wings of the Xishan Army array like waves cut by a giant ship.
"Phew..."Duoduo strangled the war horse under his crotch, and looked at the Ming army array that appeared in the distance in amazement, as soon as the commander stopped, the other Mantar cavalry gradually stopped, circled back the war horse, and lined up behind Duoduo. In the blink of an eye, the three thousand cavalry lined up in a neat cavalry formation, and their sharp weapons were pointed at the Ming army in front.
"Lord Wang, I'll go and charge the battle!" Berenican asked.
Looking at the battle flags fluttering over the Ming army array in front of him, Duoduo thought about it, and really couldn't think that the Xishan Army was the army of the Ming army, and it was estimated that it was a newly built local army. The invincible Eight Banners have never had a reason to retreat without a fight, no matter which army is on the other side!
"You lead the cavalry of your headquarters, you must break through the battle formation of the enlightened army with one blow!" Dodor commanded.
After Nikan received the order, he immediately urged his horse and rushed towards the Ming army array with a thousand cavalry. After decades of fighting with the Ming army, the Manchu army was already very experienced in dealing with the Ming army, and to deal with such infantry relying on chariots, it was only necessary to break through the chariot defense line and rush in, and the rest was a massacre.
More than 50 white-armored cavalry were in the vanguard, all of them were heavily armoured, ignoring the shooting of the Ming army's crossbow arrows, and slammed straight towards the car formation. The Manchu cavalry behind opened their strong bows, and their arrows covered the Ming army array like locusts.
In the Xishan military chariot array, more than 100 strong crossbows were fired at the same time, and the arrows were shot towards the Manchu cavalry rushing forward, but what was shocking was that the arrows fell on the Manchu Tartar array but did not make many waves, and the Manchu cavalry did not even fall down. At a distance of fifty paces, crossbow arrows could not penetrate the thick armor of the Manchu heavy cavalry.
At this moment, arrows like dark clouds fell, and the shield soldiers of the Xishan Army hurriedly raised their shields to cover themselves and their comrades. Thousands of shields were raised, blocking the entire sky, and the sound of "puff puff" was heard, which was the sound of arrows shooting into the wooden shield. However, the shield was not enough to cover the entire sky, and arrows still leaked through the gaps, and from time to time soldiers screamed and fell from the arrows.
"Bang bang bang" when the Manchu cavalry was thirty steps away from the car formation, the firecrackers fired, more than 100 firecrackers fired at the same time, the distance of thirty steps was the time when the projectile kinetic energy reached its maximum, enough to break through the heavy armor of the Mantar, the more than 20 horses in the vanguard neighed and fell to the ground, and the Mantar cavalry on the horse screamed and fell to the ground, such a high speed, even if it was not stepped on by the cavalry behind, it was difficult to live.
Chen Yue stood on a chariot in the center, coldly looking at the galloping Mantar cavalry, waiting for the upcoming collision. 8910